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TIL that the DNA in ancient dental calculus is a fantastic reservoir for the oral microbiome, which tells us a lot about the behavior, health, and diet of ancient human beings.

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Gda1 TIL that skyscrapers in Hong Kong are designed according to Feng Shui principles. This includes large “dragon holes” cut through upper floors that allow dragons to fly through on way to the sea.
j6V1v TIL the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was given to Julius Wagner-Jauregg for curing mental illness by giving patients malaria. (He was, in fact, curing them of syphilis because the malaria fevers are so high that they kill the bacteria. The malaria was subsequently cured with quinine.)
wL5Qo TIL scientists have discovered how to implant false memories in mice. While false memories have been induced behaviorally for decades, and we can now boost our memory capacity, only recently have we been able to neurologically implant memories by filling neurons with laser light.
dDEkZ TIL that after dropping out of college and heading to Hollywood, Craig T. Nelson was first employed as a security guard at a soap factory.
oRBJW TIL about Willie McRae - a Scottish nuclear activist found dead in suspicious circumstances; a car crash with a bullet in his head.